Nafe (Kwamera)

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[ganhɨk]

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construire la maison.

(Bislama) mi stap workem aos.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v deprouser le jardin.

(Bislama) brasem new garen

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v je coup ma main

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v je voie des vaches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v j’ecoute

(Bislama) mi lisen

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase

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n étoile filante

Speaker: Martial wahe

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n.

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

(Bislama) Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica delicatula, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus merra via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

le fils de mon plus jeune frère (neveu)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

Example: Only used for making lap-lap

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus longipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron spiniferum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[nakur] n.

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that taro (Nerei) and Ipomoea (Kwarei) are ready to plant.

Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus variegatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nate̤hi̤j] n.

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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[nau]

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Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.

Scientific name: Ocimum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Casuarina eqisetifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[nuas]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukwuk] n.

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Scientific name: Vittaria elongata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.

Scientific name: Cassia occidentalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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(Bislama) navenu

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n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunɨpun]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n salive

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Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nyctemera baulus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[posokoni]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰreja]

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n ma dent incisive

Speaker: Martial wahe

ma mere et mort.

(Bislama) mami blo mi det

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

relation d’échange, route d’échange

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(Bislama) Barracuda

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena barracuda via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cône de volcan

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[turawasi] n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Himantura fai via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

j’aime bien ma maman.

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: To treat flu take, a handful of leaves and squeeze them into a cup. Add water, and give to the sick person to drink. Takethis mixture once in the morning and once in the afternoon for two to three days to treat the flue. One can also take four pieces of the stem, about teo to 3 inches ling, chew, and spit juice onto the sick person’s whole body. 1 cup am/ 1 cup afternoon. 2-3 days to treat flu. Take 4 pieces of stem 2-3" long, chew and spit on stick on sick person, spit on whole body. 2x day, 2-3 days as for cup morn and afternoon. Spit helps to chase evil spirit out of body. Common

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe